Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Panevėžys | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Panevezensis |
Local: | Vyskupija Panevėžio |
Country: | Lithuania |
Metropolitan: | Vilnius |
Province: | Vilnius |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Cathedral: | Panevėžys Cathedral |
Area Km2: | 13,000 |
Population: | 381,000 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Catholics: | 314,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 82.4 |
Bishop: | Linas Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. |
Metro Archbishop: | Gintaras Grušas |
Emeritus Bishops: | Jonas Kauneckas Juozas Preikšas |
Map: | Lituania - Diocesi di Panevežys.png |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
Patron: | St Casimir |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Panevėžys (Latin: Panevezen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Panevėžys in the ecclesiastical province of Vilnius in Lithuania.[1] It was established on April 4, 1926 from the Diocese of Samogitia.[2] The Christ the King Cathedral is the Bishop's Cathedral of the diocese since the declaration of Pope Pius XI in 1926.[3]